I actually typed this up originally for my myspace blog, but I thought I'd post it here because it's been bugging me for hours.
So today I was sitting here blaring music and getting finished cleaning part of my room and getting ready for work when I took a break to talk to friends on AIM or whatever. I was watching the neighbor's dog, poor thing chained in the cold in the middle of their backyard, so it was sitting there bored all day when all they have to do is pay to get the part of their fence that's open from where they tore down their pool finished so it can have the run of the backyard. I try to pet the dog, but it's scared of me, though I did pet it once or twice in the past but it got spooked by other people again.... yet it loves it's owners. No offense to them, they're alright people, but it's a small dog (I don't see why it's an outdoor dog, it's a lap dog sized dog for christ's sake) and they ignore it and don't do anyting with it. They had Bamboo, and when they saw me petting him (Bamboo is a sweetie) after they'd ignored him for so long they offered him to us and we took him because Mom wanted him so bad. They didn't inform us that he had stomach issues, which is probably the reason they got rid of him. They also had him de-clawed, which I disagree with...but I digress. My problem isn't with them, today.
My problem is with the jackass whose dog got loose and ran over to play with Sasha (the small dog). I'm not sure how old this dog is, it was mostly black, a bit bigger than a medium dog but not lab sized. I'm not sure if it's a puppy or a young adult, but it had energy so it wasn't that old. The kid (owner of Sasha) tried to push it away to pay attention to Sasha a bit and to help her out and the other dog's owner I guess was trying to call him back over. Finally Sasha's owner picked Sasha up and took her away and the guy started dragging his dog off, I suppose chastising him. I'm fine with that, it's understandable that he's frustraited. When they get to the fence the dog is obviously scared and so he does what's natural to dogs, he pulls against the collar and attempts to lay down and had he gotten the chance I'm sure he would've rolled on his back.The owner is dragging the dog up by his collar, and I'm no angel, I did it to Mister while he was alive... and Mister was a smaller dog... but I really never was quite this bad, I did hit Mister a few times but I always felt horrible about it immediately and I regret it with all my heart now. The way he's tugging on this dog could hurt it's neck, and I understand being angry, but I could have carried that dog, he could too. When the dog is still scared and tugging he kicks it. I was in shock, tried to give him credit for being upset and maybe he'd pick up the dog afterwards, he tugs the dog a bit more, hits him in the face a few times, then kicks the dog again. Hitting the dog in the face with mail is one thing, kicking it (and this is a grown man!) is another. I was so angry I jumped up and slammed my window open, hoping he'd hear that somebody was around and realize they could see him and stop. When he kicked the dog again I screamed out the window "STOP KICKING YOUR DOG, ASSHOLE!" The man looked back and then started dragging the dog through the yard, still harshly by the neck in a way that could hurt it, and I called after him "IF YOU WEREN'T SCARING IT AND WERE ACTUALLY NICE TO IT IT MIGHT OBEY YOU!" I didn't see him try to kick it again while in my sight, but I'm terrified he took all his anger and his frustraiton at being caught out on the dog when he got home, I want to get that poor dog away from him so bad now. I was shaking so much, I was still shaking when I got in my car to go to work... Noticeably shaking, I was so angry.
He's lucky I had restrained myself earlier from running downstairs and into my backyard. I would've hoped he wouldn't have kicked the dog with me around, but had I been down there I would have run up and kicked his ass and tried to take the dog with me.
People suck ass, and anybody that can't respect and love animals doesn't deserve to have them, let alone to care for children or have significant others. It says a lot about a person if they'll kick a dog when nobody's watching.
So today I was sitting here blaring music and getting finished cleaning part of my room and getting ready for work when I took a break to talk to friends on AIM or whatever. I was watching the neighbor's dog, poor thing chained in the cold in the middle of their backyard, so it was sitting there bored all day when all they have to do is pay to get the part of their fence that's open from where they tore down their pool finished so it can have the run of the backyard. I try to pet the dog, but it's scared of me, though I did pet it once or twice in the past but it got spooked by other people again.... yet it loves it's owners. No offense to them, they're alright people, but it's a small dog (I don't see why it's an outdoor dog, it's a lap dog sized dog for christ's sake) and they ignore it and don't do anyting with it. They had Bamboo, and when they saw me petting him (Bamboo is a sweetie) after they'd ignored him for so long they offered him to us and we took him because Mom wanted him so bad. They didn't inform us that he had stomach issues, which is probably the reason they got rid of him. They also had him de-clawed, which I disagree with...but I digress. My problem isn't with them, today.
My problem is with the jackass whose dog got loose and ran over to play with Sasha (the small dog). I'm not sure how old this dog is, it was mostly black, a bit bigger than a medium dog but not lab sized. I'm not sure if it's a puppy or a young adult, but it had energy so it wasn't that old. The kid (owner of Sasha) tried to push it away to pay attention to Sasha a bit and to help her out and the other dog's owner I guess was trying to call him back over. Finally Sasha's owner picked Sasha up and took her away and the guy started dragging his dog off, I suppose chastising him. I'm fine with that, it's understandable that he's frustraited. When they get to the fence the dog is obviously scared and so he does what's natural to dogs, he pulls against the collar and attempts to lay down and had he gotten the chance I'm sure he would've rolled on his back.The owner is dragging the dog up by his collar, and I'm no angel, I did it to Mister while he was alive... and Mister was a smaller dog... but I really never was quite this bad, I did hit Mister a few times but I always felt horrible about it immediately and I regret it with all my heart now. The way he's tugging on this dog could hurt it's neck, and I understand being angry, but I could have carried that dog, he could too. When the dog is still scared and tugging he kicks it. I was in shock, tried to give him credit for being upset and maybe he'd pick up the dog afterwards, he tugs the dog a bit more, hits him in the face a few times, then kicks the dog again. Hitting the dog in the face with mail is one thing, kicking it (and this is a grown man!) is another. I was so angry I jumped up and slammed my window open, hoping he'd hear that somebody was around and realize they could see him and stop. When he kicked the dog again I screamed out the window "STOP KICKING YOUR DOG, ASSHOLE!" The man looked back and then started dragging the dog through the yard, still harshly by the neck in a way that could hurt it, and I called after him "IF YOU WEREN'T SCARING IT AND WERE ACTUALLY NICE TO IT IT MIGHT OBEY YOU!" I didn't see him try to kick it again while in my sight, but I'm terrified he took all his anger and his frustraiton at being caught out on the dog when he got home, I want to get that poor dog away from him so bad now. I was shaking so much, I was still shaking when I got in my car to go to work... Noticeably shaking, I was so angry.
He's lucky I had restrained myself earlier from running downstairs and into my backyard. I would've hoped he wouldn't have kicked the dog with me around, but had I been down there I would have run up and kicked his ass and tried to take the dog with me.
People suck ass, and anybody that can't respect and love animals doesn't deserve to have them, let alone to care for children or have significant others. It says a lot about a person if they'll kick a dog when nobody's watching.